76 Important Books Quick Enough to Read This Weekend

Sometimes when you're looking for a good book to read, it's all about a quick fix. Maybe you're in a book club and you need something that everyone will be able to finish by next meeting. Or maybe you're going away for the weekend and you want a novel you can have read by Monday. We're here to help! These classic, quality pieces of literature — with some fun books thrown in the mix — are quick enough to start and finish in two days, with most being around 300 pages or less. Plus, many of the classics you can actually check out on your Kindle for free! Either that or you can pick up a copy at your local library. Click through these book recommendations now to find your next weekend read.

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

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The Plague

The Plague

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Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies

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Winner Take Nothing

Winner Take Nothing

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Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights

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Many Lives, Many Masters

Many Lives, Many Masters

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A Doll's House

A Doll's House

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The Chosen

The Chosen

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Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

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Memories of My Melancholy Whores

Memories of My Melancholy Whores

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The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest

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Slaughterhouse Five

Slaughterhouse Five

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Of Mice and Men

Of Mice and Men

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The Train Was on Time

The Train Was on Time

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Journey's End

Journey's End

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Men Without Women

Men Without Women

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Silas Marner

Silas Marner

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Without Feathers

Without Feathers

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The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Picture of Dorian Gray

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The Wasp Factory

The Wasp Factory

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Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman

Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman

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The Metamorphosis

The Metamorphosis

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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

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The Old Man and the Sea

The Old Man and the Sea

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Siddhartha

Siddhartha

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White Nights and Other Stories

White Nights and Other Stories

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Breakfast of Champions

Breakfast of Champions

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The War of the Worlds

The War of the Worlds

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The Outsider

The Outsider

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Night

Night

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Winesburg, Ohio

Winesburg, Ohio

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Bartleby, the Scrivener

Bartleby, the Scrivener

43
The Remains of the Day

The Remains of the Day

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Breakfast at Tiffany's

Breakfast at Tiffany's

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1984

1984

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The Sense of an Ending

The Sense of an Ending

47
A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

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Amsterdam

Amsterdam

50
Stories of Chekhov

Stories of Chekhov

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The World As I See It

The World As I See It

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The Hobbit

The Hobbit

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The Day of the Triffids

The Day of the Triffids

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An Ideal Husband

An Ideal Husband

57
Hunger

Hunger

58
Death and the Penguin

Death and the Penguin

59
On the Road

On the Road

60
Collected Stories by Gabriel García Márquez

Collected Stories by Gabriel García Márquez

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A Short Stay in Hell

A Short Stay in Hell

62
The Sun Also Rises

The Sun Also Rises

64
A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

65
Father Sergius

Father Sergius

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Amerika

Amerika

67
The Trial

The Trial

68
The Pearl

The Pearl

69
Cat's Cradle

Cat's Cradle

71
The Red Badge of Courage

The Red Badge of Courage

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To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird

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A Study in Scarlet

A Study in Scarlet

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The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby

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The Catcher in the Rye

The Catcher in the Rye